The double life of a farmer

Corindhap farmer Trish Esson not only breeds sheep and cashmere goats, she's also the director of a natural fibre processing business in Bacchus Marsh. In this video created by ABC Open contributor Pam Farey, Trish reveals how she manages these two demanding yet rewarding jobs.

As part of ABC Open's Day in the Life video project, filmmakers from regional Australia captured a typical day in the life of someone they knew. For Linton artist and prolific Open contributor Pam Farey, making a video on her friend Trish Esson was a great way to highlight her extraordinary work.

"Her passion and strength of what she is striving for shows through in what she is achieving both with her Dorpers and cashmere goats and the growing success of her specialised alpaca, cashmere, cashgora, mohair and sheep wool processing company," she says.

Pam's ABC Open video recently screened at the Ballarat Heritage Weekend festival alongside other Open videos created by filmmakers from the Ballarat region. Watch their stories here.